Gun-cleaner.



N0 MODEL.

PATENTED FEB. 17, 19

J. M. KERSEY.

GUN CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED SEPTL 10, 1901.

UNITED STATES PATE T" OFFICE JAMES M. KERSEY, OF BETHANV, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNQR OI ONE-THIRD TO F. A. CHAPMAN, OF WELLSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

GUNC'LEANER.

SIEGIFIGATION for-ming part of Letters Patent No. 7 21,050, dated February 17, 1903. Application filed September 10,-190l'. Serial No. 74,969- (No model.)

To all whom it may cnccr7z.: to ignite a charge of powder or any other Be it known that I, J AMES M. Knitsmiof 1 known or preferred explosive 3. The type of Bethany, in the county of Brooke, State of shell is, as specified, no part of myinvention, 5o WestVirginia,have-invented certainnewand' any size or shape being equally adaptable 5 useful Improvements in Gun-Cleaners, of for use with my cleaning device.

which the following is a complete speciiiea tindicates the projectile or cleaner. It may tion, reference being had to the accompanybe made of rubber orany other self-expansive ing drawings. material and molded or otherwise formed to 5 51' v The object of my invention is to produce conform to the various sizes of shells required an improved cleaner and wiper for guns and for the different bores of gun-barrels. The the like which is practical and efficient in use, cleaner is inserted into the outer end of the which by reason of the nature of the material shell and forced down upon the charge conof which it is made is adapted without other tained therein, in which position it is held by to aid than the propulsive charge containedin pressure of the outer extremity of the shell.

the'shell from-which it is fired to thoroughly. The outer end of the clea'nerprojects from clean the interior of a gun-barrel or the like, the shell and is preferably conical in shape. and which may be manufactured and sold at My cleaner is especially adapted for use in a very small cost to the user. shotguns; but by slight modifications it may Known cleaners of the class to which my be used in any type of firearm. As, for ex- 2o invention belongs are either intended for use .ample, if it is desired to use it in a Weapon in shells especially manufactured for themor having a rifled bore all that is necessary to, conform it to that use'is to provide it with are otherwise so constructed as to render the use thereof expensive without producing rifiiug, as indicated at 5 in Fig. II of the drawings. 1

practical results equal to those attained by p It has been specified that the projectile or i 2 5 the use of my device.

A supply of cleaners constructed in accordcleaner may. be molded from rubber; but it will be apparent that other methods of manuance with the principle of .my invention may be conveniently carried about the person of facture may be employed without departing from the principle of my invention.

a user or on account of the extreme simplicity In operation, it beingdesired to remove the 0 of their structure may in emergencies be quickly prepared from any material which fouluess caused by repeateddischarges of a gun from the interior of the barrel thereof,

will attain the result desired.

- Other points of usefulness and novelty will all that is necessary to accomplish that result 8c is to fit a projectile into a shell and insert the be indicated in the ac'companyingspecifica- 35 tion and set forth in the appended claim. same into the weapon. The explosion of the In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is powder will force the cleaner out through the an elevation of asimple form of cartridge-shell gun, and the expansive quality of the mateequipped with one form of cleaner ready for rial of which it is made will tend to cause it 8 5 use. Fig. 11 is a modified form of the cleaner to come into positive contact with every point 4o shownin Fig. I, showing the same rifled for along the interior of the gun-barrel. After use in guns requiring projectiles of thatnaits passage the barrel will be found bright ture. and clean, ready for immediate use.

. Referring to the numerals on the drawings, The small cost of the cleaner and the con- 1 indicates a cartridge-shell, which may be of venience with which a number of them may 45 any suitable or preferred type, that shown he carried afiord the user of a weapon requirbeing illustrated merely by way of example. ing a device of this sort. readily available The shell is provided with a cap 2, designed means for preserving the cleanness and accuracy of his weapon at small cost and with self-expansive, material, elongated and propractically none of the inconvenience which vided with rifling, substantially as specified. IO attends the procuring and transportation of In testimony of all which I have hereunto other means for attaining the object; of my subscribed my name.

5 invention. JAMES M. KERSEY.

WVhat I claim is- Witnesses: As a new article of manufacture, a gun- MANTON M. SCOTT,

cleaning projectile made of rubberor similar WILLIAM SUTHERLAND. 

